DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/06 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.2 - - 77.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 44 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2984 - - 3011 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2452 - - 1967 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3873 - - 3900 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1444 - - 1509 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 248 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 052 - - 041 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -270 - - -765 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4143 - - 4665 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5896 - - -6145 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9769 - - 10045 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 74 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.2 - - 77.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.2 - - 60.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.6 - - 77.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.8 - - 59.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 44 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2984 - - 3011 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99493 33 089 28 101 99493 91953 29 092 26 099 91953 86130 27 088 22 088 86130 81305 22 085 25 077 81305 77160 17 091 21 068 77160 73503 17 100 12 081 73503 70201 14 093 10 079 70201 67178 11 076 10 091 67178 64382 9 054 12 087 64382 61674 9 056 9 081 61674 58859 8 048 9 017 58859 55952 7 036 13 327 55952 53193 7 026 9 306 53193 50715 5 011 6 292 50715 48492 2 298 7 256 48492 46471 6 263 8 230 46471 44616 7 250 5 236 44616 42905 14 244 4 281 42905 41320 20 248 7 292 41320 39840 21 237 10 273 39840 38443 11 218 11 260 38443 37091 6 259 12 273 37091 35717 7 256 11 281 35717 34293 4 269 7 289 34293 32819 3 001 5 323 32819 31277 7 031 7 000 31277 29655 10 037 11 020 29655 27953 12 039 13 025 27953 26171 13 034 17 025 26171 24308 14 033 16 025 24308 22366 16 030 17 021 22366 20339 18 023 19 024 20339 18228 17 030 16 033 18228 16080 11 024 12 042 16080 14013 10 047 13 043 14013 12135 14 065 13 068 12135 10468 15 058 12 079 10468 8986 14 057 9 065 8986 7670 16 069 7 050 7670 6503 20 070 10 049 6503 5472 23 066 13 049 5472 4566 20*060 14*041 4566 3766 17*053 13*039 3766 3052 15 051 13 040 3052 2419 14 051 12 041 2419 1890 14 051 12 042 1890 1485 13 052 12 043 1485 1205 12 052 11 044 1205 1035 12 052 10 044 1035 938 10 052 8 044 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography